FROM THE CALICA PUR AN'. 337 



Ufing the texts which are laid down in the Durg* 

 Tantra and purified fire, let the Homa be performed 

 after the facrifice, and it will procure the death of 

 foes. 



N Let not any one prefent blood drawn from any part 

 of the body below the navel, or from the back. Let 

 not blood drawn from the lips, or chin, or from any 

 limb, be prefented. Blood drawn from any part of 

 the body, between the neck and navel, may be pre- 

 fented, but violent incifions for the purpofe of ob- 

 taining it, mult not be made. 



Blood drawn from the checks, forehead, between 

 the eye brows, from the tips ' of the ears, the arms, 

 the breafts, and all parts between the neck and na- 

 vel, as alfo from the lidcs, may be prefented. 



Let not blood drawn from the ankles, or knees, or 

 from parts of the body which branch out be pre- 

 fented, nor blood which has not been drawn from 

 the body for the exprefs purpofe of being offered. 



The blood muff be drawn for the exprefs purpofe 

 cf an oblation, and from a man pure in body and 

 mind, and free from fear : it muff be caught in the 

 petal of a lotos, and prefented. It may be prefent- 

 ed in a gold, filver, brafs, or iron veifel, with 

 the due from, and texts recited. 



The blood, if drawn by an inciiion made with a 

 knife, ax, or fangcul, gives pleafure, in propotion to 

 the fize of the weapon. 



The facrificer may prefent one fourth of the quan- 

 tity which a lotos petal will contian, but he mult 

 not give more on any account ; nor cut his body 



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